[Frog at the Bottom of the Well(IP: Chongyu): "Damn! A ten-thousand-player guild war? That explosive? What game is this? The graphics look so real! I'm gonna download it and try it too!"]
[Amaterasu(IP: Jiang Province): "Gotta say, the guy above really lives up to his name! You don't even know Divine Oracle? By the way, can anyone tell which Level Three main city this is?"]
[Truth Cannon(IP: Xiangnan): "There aren't even many thousand-player guilds on the whole server right now, right? Who the hell built this Chaotic World guild? How can they have ten thousand members?"]
[zsj](IP: Shuchuan): "This Dragon Soul guild looks kinda miserable～ How did they offend such a huge guild? Judging by this, their entire guild is probably gonna get slaughtered back to level 0!"]
[Xiao Li(IP: Guangyue): "Watching this got my blood pumping! I'm logging in for a few matches when I get home! By the way, I'm an 11-level warrior from Sky City of the Elf race. Anyone from Sky City wanna team up? Looking for a cute girl to duo with!"]
[Craving Scallops Tonight(IP: Wan Hui): "Only level 11? Just quit and give me your helmet! If I scatter a handful of rice on the keyboard, even my chicken would play better than you!"]
As the videos from Death Valley quickly fermented online and drew attention from all kinds of people, in the capital of Dragon Nation, Imperial City—
[Tomson Riviera, Villa District]
Having just finished a shower, wearing a spaghetti-strap nightgown, Ling Xue walked into her bedroom. She lay on the bed, planning to log into Divine Oracle after finishing her face mask, when she suddenly received a call, "Something bad happened, President Ling!"
Ling Xue replied calmly, "What is it?"
The voice on the other end sounded extremely anxious, "This… it's hard to explain in just a few words. President Ling, you'd better watch the video yourself. I'll send you the link."
After hanging up, Ling Xue clicked into a livestream link the other party sent through WeChat.
She entered a livestream room with over 100,000 people watching.
And what was being broadcast in the livestream was the in-game footage of Divine Oracle, showing the war between the Chaotic World and Dragon Soul guilds in Death Valley.
Or to be precise, it was footage of the thousand Dragon Soul players being slaughtered by the ten-thousand-strong army of Chaotic World.
The livestream ran in one continuous shot.
Frame after frame of Dragon Soul players being brutally killed by multiple Chaotic World members was clearly displayed.
In the footage, the fleeting figure of Dragon Soul Aoshi appeared unintentionally, causing Ling Xue's brows to knit slightly.
"Chu Ao?"
"How did it get this bad?"
At this time, several high-level members of the Divine Nation guild also sent Ling Xue messages on WeChat one after another:
[Divine Nation · Fuxi: "Some things aren't convenient to say in the core management group, since that Rulebound is in there too. President Ling, I'm sure you've seen the information online about what's happening in Blazing Ember City, right?"]
["It's said this whole thing started because Dragon Soul was protecting Rulebound while he carried out a mission. Dragon Soul fought to the death to block the Chaotic World army for him, but once Rulebound finished the mission, he ran off on his own! He left Dragon Soul to die."]
[Divine Nation · Judge: "President Ling, you know me, I never gossip behind someone's back. And matters among you K7 executives aren't something I, a K4, have the authority to interfere in. But this time, from the perspective of the company's development, I have to speak up."]
["I seriously suspect that this Rulebound has major character issues. He's not suitable for a high-ranking position in our Divine Nation guild. I personally request that President Ling reassess this person and redefine his rank."]
[Divine Nation · Pangu: "Dragon Soul's guild leader, Chu Ao, only fought to the death and refused to retreat because he followed your instructions, President Ling, to protect Rulebound at all costs. And now he's ended up like this. And it's all over the internet!"]
["If this matter isn't handled properly, I'm afraid it won't just chill the hearts of Aoshi Group's people, it could also affect the reputation of our Ling Group."]
Ling Xue didn't rush to reply to these messages full of doubt toward Lin Mo.
Instead, she separately pulled Divine Nation Erlang Shen, Divine Nation Nuwa, Divine Nation Sun Wukong, and Divine Nation Donghuang Taiyi into a temporary group chat.
Inside, she asked, ["What do you four think about what's happening in Blazing Ember City?"]
[Divine Nation · Donghuang Taiyi: "I'm lying on the sofa watching on my phone. What about you guys?"]
[Divine Nation · Donghuang Taiyi has been removed from the group chat]
[Ling Xue: "What do you three think?"]
[Divine Nation · Erlang Shen: "Death Valley is already a certain-death situation. Even if Rulebound had stayed, it wouldn't have changed anything, just one more casualty at most! His decision may seem a bit selfish, but it was the wisest one. It preserved him as one of our Divine Nation's main forces. Dragon Soul's sacrifice won't be in vain."]
[Divine Nation · Nuwa: "There's a saying, your face reflects your heart! With my experience of having seen countless men, this Rulebound doesn't look like someone who's selfish and self-serving. As for fleeing at the last moment and being afraid of death, I think it's precisely because he has a backup plan and therefore can't afford to die."]
[Divine Nation · Sun Wukong: "Let's wait and see how the situation develops. Don't believe every rumor you hear. Personally, I had a good first impression of this Rulebound. I'm quite optimistic about him."]
[Ling Xue: "Talking to you guys really is the most comfortable."]
At this moment, Divine Nation · Erlang Shen continued, ["But the existence of this Chaotic World guild is indeed a huge problem. Rulebound's strength is not an issue at all, but two fists can't fight four hands. He's alone in Blazing Ember City. He simply has no way to contend against the entire Chaotic World guild."]
[Divine Nation · Sun Wukong: "The main force of our Divine Nation is currently concentrated in Snow Wind City. Until we reach the Level Two main city and regroup, we can't help him. The road ahead can only be walked by himself."]
At this time, Ling Xue shifted her gaze back to the livestream.
She still held a trace of expectation in her heart, hoping the situation might turn around.
But in reality, she understood that the outcome of Dragon Soul being wiped out was already impossible to change.
And the only thing she could do was inform the company's finance department, "Increase Aoshi Group's investment amount by five percent based on the original figure."
"Chaotic World?", A chill flickered in Ling Xue's lively eyes, "When we reach the Level Two main city, I hope you'll still be able to keep jumping around."
———
[Blazing Ember City]
[Lv40 Death Valley]
Under the real-time witness of countless netizens across the entire internet, Dragon Soul and Ning University players were still being ravaged and slaughtered.
For the Ning University student players, it didn't matter much.
After all, their main job was studying. The game was just something to kill time after class. Even if they were killed back to level 0, it was no big deal. As long as they could kill a few more of Wang Junjie's people in the game and vent their anger.
But, for the Dragon Soul guild, the meaning was completely different.
"Dragon Soul guild is already a core system of Aoshi Group. If we're wiped out today, I'm afraid it'll have a huge impact on the real-life company too."
"But at this point, do we even have a way out?"
"Wang Junjie is dead set on crippling Dragon Soul."
"Is there really no other way? We worked so hard for so long to build the guild to this level. Is it really going to be destroyed just like this…"
As the Dragon Soul players fell into despair, even Dragon Soul Aoshi had no solution and could only accept defeat calmly.
"At worst, we start over from scratch."
"As long as our faith doesn't fall, we can rise again."
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
[email protected]/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through P@treon.